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In pursuance to a call of His Honor, Mayor Morgan G. 
Bulkeley, the members of the Court of Common Council met 
in Joint Convention, to take proper action upon the death of 
the Honorable Marshall Jewell. His Honor, the Mayor, called 
the Convention to order, and in a very feeling manner officially 
announced the death of Mr. Jewell, as follows : 

Gentlefuen of the Court of Common Council : 

The sad intelligence that flashed through city, state, and nation, during 
the closing days of the week just past, that one of its foremost citizens 
was sick, dying, dead, demands on your part such a recognition as will 
place in the archives of this, the adopted city and home of the late Hon. 
Marshall Jewell, some fitting memorial of the man. A public-spirited citi- 
zen, Hartford's interest became his own, and all that contributed to the pros- 
perity and fair fame of the city, both at home and abroad, enlisted his hearty 
co-operation and support. A segacious business man, his counsel was widely 
sought, his matured judgments eagerly followed. Honored by his fellow- 
citizens, thrice Governor, foreign ambassador, cabinet minister, he zealously 
guarded the trusts reposed, and returned them with untarnished hands. 

The citizens of Hartford will miss from their streets his noble presence, 
when laid away in yonder beautiful cemetery, and there is builded over him 
monuments of granite and marble by loving friends, but they will never for- 
get the Christian gentleman, whose personal friendship, manly powers, kind 
acts and generous deeds have builded in their hearts a monument more 
enduring. 

I cannot refrain, in closing, from quoting these words from a pleasing 
tribute from a personal friend: 

God grant to us who stay an end like his, 
1 A life of half his generous powers, 

A life so true and sweet, we know the weeds 
Upon his grave will turn to flowers. 



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Alderman Taintor addressed the convention, and presented 
resolutions, as follows: 



Mr. Mayor: 

The words that have just fallen from your lips announce a fact that brings 
sadness to all our hearts. Marshall Jewell is dead. How much of sorrow 
is compressed in those few words. Not yet have we had time to appreciate 
their force : the shock has been too sudden, the blow too unexpected and 
severe, the time too short, for us to realize our loss. It was but yesterday 
that he was by our side ; was with us in our daily avocations, active and 
energetic in the many different pursuits in which he was engaged, the com- 
fort, support and assistance not only of his immediate family, but of the host 
of friends to whom he was endeared by many acts of kindness, full of life 
and strength, and with the promise of many years of activity and usefulness 
before him ; to-night he lies in the stillness of death, robed for the grave, and 
for his bereaved family and sorrowing friends there remains but the precious 
memory of a noble life. It is meet and fitting that at such a time we should 
pause from our ordinary business and give a little space and a few words in 
memory of one to whom our city and our citizens are so much indebted, and 
whose death is a common loss. 

It was my good fortune to have been intimately connected with Governor 
Jewell and to know him well, and when I say I knew him well I do not need 
to add that I loved him very dearly ; and I speak to-night under the sense of 
a deep and bitter personal bereavement, with a heart too full of sorrow for 
my own loss to find words to express what I would wish to say. 

Governor Jewell was a man of rare social qualities, of unusual business 
and executive ability, of strong personal magnetism and of wonderful force 
of character; possessed of a peculiar power for adapting himself. to the cir- 
cumstances in which he was placed, and of bringing to bear upon the matter" 
in hand all the powers of a strong, well-disciplined mind, he achieved a suc- 
cess both in business and in the political field that comes to few. He 
was emphatically what is known as a self-made man. His youth was sur- 
rounded with none of those factitious aids to success which fall to the lot of 
many. 

His education was that ordinarily given by the common school at the time 
of his boyhood, and he began life laboring with his hands at his trade. 

For a few years he was connected with the telegraphing business; which, 
however, he left in 1S50, to engage in the manufacture of leather belting in 
company with his father, the late Pliny Jewell. This business he followed 
until his death, and the firm of P. Jewell & Son, or as it has been known in 
later years, P, Jewell & Sons, has become favor.-^bly known wherever leather 
belting is used. 

His career as a public man commenced in 1867, when he was candidate 
for Senator from the First District. To his political work he brought the 



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same qualities which he had exhibited in his business, and his success was 
no less marked. 

I will not dwell at length upon the different offices he filled during a few 
short years. 

Whether as Governor of this Commonwealth for three separate terms, as 
Minister at St. Petersburg, as Postmaster- General in the cabinet at Washing- 
ton, as Chairman of the National Republican Committee, or as a public 
speaker in the interest of the party with which he was connected, he ever 
showed the same wise executive ability, the same indomitable effort and per- 
severance that marked his business career, and won for him the approval of 
his fellow- citizens. 

With all the calls made upon him by his business and public life, he yet 
found time for many other enterprises. He was a director in many of our 
home institutions, and ofificially connected with other large and important 
interests at home and abroad, and was a power in every one. 

But it is not as the head of a large and successful business house, nor as 
the wise and able public servant, that I would speak of him to-night. I 
would speak of him rather as the man whom we knew among us here in 
Hartford; as the kind and genial friend. He was a man of wonderful 
brotherliness, a large-hearted man, the soul of honor, cast in the large mo,uld 
of true nobility. 

He had, in a singular degree, the peculiar power of attaching men to 
himself ; a power I have never seen equaled. To meet him was to admire 
him ; to know him was to love him. And the regard of his friends was 
warmly returned. His ear was ever open, his hand was ever ready to assist 
his friends; and the more his assistance was needed the more ready was he 
to accord it. His assistance was given, not grudgingly but with an overflow- 
ing heartiness and good will that made it doubly welcome to the recipient. 
He was especially kind to young men. He never forgot the toils and struggles 
of his own early life, and that remembrance made him doubly anxious to 
assist those who were themselves struggling to attain a position in life. 
Many and many a man, as he learns this sad story of Governor Jewell's death, 
will think of him as the one to whom he owes the timely assistance that 
came at the turning point in his affairs. His life was marked by great good 
humor and cheerfulness, and by a wonderful elasticity of spirit; he had a 
genial smile and word for every one; his memory was wonderful, and he had 
trained it to be a faithful servant; his wide and varied experiences made 
him a most charming and entertaining companion, and he was at home on 
every topic; he believed in no half-way measures, but thoroughly mastered 
whatever he undertook; his courage was invincible, and his perceptions so 
quick as to seem at times like instinct; and to this courage and quickness of 
perception, joined with persistent labor, we may accredit his success. For 
his success was not due to chance; he was no exception to the rule that all 
things come by effort. Endowed with a strong and vigorous constitution, he 



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never spared himself or shrank from any amount of work ; and the record of 
his life is full of lessons for all who would succeed. 

He was not an old man, except in deeds ; he had not reached the allotted 
three-score years and ten of the Psalmist by more than a dozen years; in the 
prime of his health and vigor he has been stricken down untimely, leaving a 
vacancy that cannot be filled. Truly the ways of Providence are inscrutable 
to our short-sighted human vision. 

In our own sorrow let us not forget those who were united to him by ties 
of blood — his aged mother, his afflicted wife and sorrowing children, his sur- 
viving brothers and sisters. What words can paint their loss? Aught that 
can be said seems hollow mockery, and we can only ask for them the loving 
ministrations of Him who alone can wipe away all tears. 

Governor Jewell's death was as noble as his life ;. he was prepared and 
ready, not tired of life, nor feeling that he had lived out its possibilities, but 
calmly accepting the decree; with no repinings and no useless regrets he 
obeyed the summons of the dread angel, and has passed unto the other shore, 
where all is Light and Life, and Death can never come. 

Yes! "He is dead!" 

" Few words to write it in, and yet they read : 
'A noble heart forever still, 
A tender spirit quenched, a true soul gone, 
A vacant place which none may fill. 

" 'A woman's tenderness, a man's strong will, 
A knightly honor and a gay 
And sparkling fancy — by all these the world 
So much the poorer is to-day.' " 



In view of the sudden death of the Hon. Marshall Jewell, for many years 
an eminent citizen of Hartford and a loved member of this community, this 
Court of Common Council desires to express, in tender tribute to his memory, 
the universal sorrow of this people. 

Cut down in the strength of his manhood, he had attained well-deserved 
honor to himself and wrought great good to his fellow-men by a life of 
industry, earnestness and philanthropy. 

Always alive to the local interests of Hartford, his broad philosophy never 
overlooked the interests of other parts of our State and nation. 

His rare energy was never satisfied with the accomplishment of personal 
success, but included in its activities the welfare of all whom his strong arm 
could touch. 

The industries of the community, its peace and good order, its cultivation 
and refinement, were dear to his thought and foremost in his actions. His 
executive power was only excelled by his good heart, which harbored no 
resentment and held no shadow of malice. His useful and conspicuous life 



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has been an ornament of our city and a blessing to humanity. In the success 
of industry, and virtue, and a life of loving ministry, the public is enriched. 

To the exalted stations which he has been called to fill, he brought the 
same force, the same integrity, and the same sympathy, which marked his 
daily walk in our streets. 

The people of our city mourn to day, and with unaffected grief, the loss of 
a leader, a companion, and a friend. 

The City Clerk will engross this minute upon the municipal record. 

Voted, That a committee, consisting of His Honor, the Mayor, and four 
Aldermen and four Councilmen, be appointed to represent the municipal 
governnjent at the funeral of our honored fellow-citizen. 



Alderman Brocklesby seconded the adoption of the resolu- 
tions, and spoke as follows: 

Mr. Mayor : 

I desire, in the fullest and sincerest sympathy, to second the resolutions 
which have been offered. I am not feeling fit, either in body or in mind, to 
add anything to what has already been said so well, both here and in the 
newspapers ; but I feel, as the opportunity is presented, I ought to endeavor, 
at least, in a humble way, to place my tribute upon the altar of the memory 
of the man who has gone. It was only a few days since that I met the Gov- 
ernor. I was on my way home from New York, and he boarded the train at 
New Haven. He took a seat with me, and we had a pleasant chat for the 
hour; and I can hardly realize, to-day, that my companion of that hour is 
gone. I remarked to him, as he sat beside me, that the last time we hap- 
pened to meet on board a train was when we were returning, some months 
since, from the funeral of President Garfield at Cleveland. I little thought 
then that the next prominent man to die would be him who was with me at 
that time; but" death comes quickly : it is no respector of persons, of place, 
or power. It takes the strong man in his health, the weak man in his weak- 
ness, the child in his helplessness; and we know not when the summons may 
come for each and every one of us. The event came suddenly in his case — 
somewhat so, though his death was not wholly unexpected ; and coming in 
that way, with that suddenness, it always brings a shock which makes us feel 
more deeply the loss. 

Governor Jewell was pre-eminently a public man ; and his loss will be 
the greatest here at home. We all knew him — we all knew his pushing, his 
generosity, his ambition, his good desires for the interests of Hartford and 
Hartford's concerns. And when we reflect, as each one of us naturally must, 
that Hartford has not grown, probably, as other cities have grown, within the 
last decade, — that her pushing business men are few in number — we see how 
severe the loss is which we are called upon to sustain. The loss of such a man 
as Marshall Jewell, to any business community, would be great, but to the 
small circle here — small in comparison to other cities — the loss is irreparable. 



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As a private citizen I am entitled to speak of him because I knew him 
well — not as intimately as some others, but in the way that one citizen natu- 
rally knows another. He has been a sojourner here, in the land of his adop- 
tion, for many years, and we have all met him more or less. He was always 
genial, kind-hearted, pleasant and agreeable; and we regret exceedingly that 
he has gone ; but he has left us for ever and for aye. He has left us, never 
to be seen again ; but he gives us for our keeping the remembrance of a genial 
face, a hearty hand, a helpful heart; so that we can most truly say of him, as 
was said truly of another; 

Sleep sweetly, tender heart, in peace; 

Sleep, holy spirit, blessed soul; 
While the stars burn, the moons increase. 

And the great ages onward roll. 



Alderman Hotchkiss spoke as follows: 

Mr. Mayor: 

It would hardly seem to be becoming, perhaps, after what has already 
been said, and so well said, that I should attempt to add anything to the 
words of praise and commendation which have beejji uttered here with refer- 
ence to Marshall Jewell ; but I knew him intimately. I knew him privately, 
and I knew him publicly, and I should hardly feel that I could do myself 
justice nor his memory justice if I sat here to-night and allowed this occasion 
to pass by without an utterance in his behalf. 

Marshall Jewell was a man who exemplified the highest and best life of 
the American citizen. He illustrated it in a life that brought him up from 
the stages of poverty to the highest stages of prosperity and renown. He 
illustrated it, moreover, in his public capacity, showing that he himself, as 
one of the outgrowths of American life, came into renown, into prosperity, 
and into all the relations that belong properly to a man of his character. 

I consider the loss of Marshall Jewell not so much a loss to the public as 
to the City of Hartford — a city which needs men of his character and caliber. 
We have here a population of 45,000 people. Industries are lagging. There 
are plenty of people here, but not enough industry to keep alive the faculties 
that we should possess and do possess. Marshall Jewell was the man who 
stood here in the fore-front of our battles and represented us as an industrial 
leader. And that is what we need in Hartford. As an industrial leader he 
was one of the important factors of Hartford's strength and growth. Taking 
him as a political leader, men will differ, but as a factor in politics and parti- 
zanship nobody will deny that he was a great center and focus. Where shall 
we find another man like him ? 

Now Hartford has lost not only a mechanical man but a political leader. 
The death of Marshall Jewell will greatly change the immediate political 
affairs of Connecticut. There is not a man in the State of Connecticut who 



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could have gone down to his grave and left more personality and part'zan zeal 
than Marshall Jev?ell has left. Everybody knows him. 

I am sorry he has gone, because it takes out of Connecticut one of its 
mechanical factors and one of its strongest political agitators. And I love a 
man who is a political agitator, and works on conviction, having a belief in 
his party. Permit me to say that personally the loss of Marshall Jewell, as a 
representative of the city government, is a very severe one. I knew him in 
politics, and I knew him to admire him ; and I stop here — and I know the 
members of the city government will join me — with an indorsement of his 
life which nobody can combat, and with a tribute to his memory which will 
last, I hope, as long as we all may live. 

Alderman McGovern then made the foUowins; remarks: 



Mr. Mayor: 

The active life of the late Governor Jewell, the claims of family, of friends 
and of business, are not considered, for death is no respecter of persons. In 
his death the City of Hartford has lost an active and prominent citizen. 
Connected with many financial institutions and manufacturing industries, his 
name has been a guaranty of good faith, and the fulfillment of every obliga- 
tion with promptness and fidelity. Prominent in promoting the industries of 
the city, he has done more than any other man to give Hartford and her 
institutions prominence and character abroad. He was not only a citizen of 
Connecticut, but a citizen of the United States, loyal to her flag, her institu- 
tions, and her honor. When rebellious clouds overshadowed the land and 
strong lovers of the Union were apprehensive of the result, at a time when 
men were emigrating to save themselves and property, Marshall Jewell was 
at his post of duty, sustaining the government in her effort to maintain the 
Union of States. 

When elected Governor of the State it was as much of an honor to the 
office as it was to the man. His recommendations as Governor were wise ; 
being familiar with the necessities of State institutions, his recommendations 
were made to promote their welfare and usefulness. As minister to Russia 
he represented his country faithfully and well. As Postmaster-General he 
became known as the man who wanted to run the Postoffice Department upon 
business principles. There would be no straw bids; in a word, Postmaster- 
General Jewell would not allow stealing. This was a bold declaration at a 
time when it would seem dishonesty was at a premium among public officials. 
Mr. Jewell resigned after performing the duties of the office for two years, 
but his work has borne fruit ; wrong-doing is being prosecuted ; the Postoffice 
Department has a surplus, and at no distant period the postage will be reduced. 

Mr. Mayor, I remember the reception which the citizens of Hartford gave 
him on his return home. Regardless of political differences the citizens gave 
him a loyal welcome to his old home in the City of Hartford. The career 
of the deceased, whether as Governor, Minister to Russia, or Postmaster- 



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General, is of a public character, for which the public will respect and honor 
his memory, but the good he has done of a private character is not so well 
known. But it is none the less commendable. His assistance to deserving 
young men has been generous, for having a knowledge of the difficulties 
which young men in the world meet, and knowing how difficult it is for a 
young man without friends to succeed, he was always ready to act the part of 
a friend, a good faithful one, whose friendship was not of a fleeting character. 
His contributions to relieve suffering and misery will be sadly missed. 
The regrets for his death will be heartfelt among many whom he has strength- 
ened with his advice and assisted with financial aid. It is to be regrefed 
that a career so pleasing and creditable as that of Governor Jewell should 
terminate so abruptly. His mourners are not confined to the City of Hart- 
ford, nor to the State of Connecticut. Wherever Governor Jewell was 
known, which is throughout all this land and Europe, sincere regrets will be 
felt for his untimely death. 



After the remarks of Alderman McGovern, Councilman 
Sykes, President of the Common Council Board, said: 

Mr. Mayor: 

If there could be gathered in a book all the kindly and loving words 
which myriad tongues have spoken concerning him to-day, what a golden 
memorial it would be of him; grateful words spoken by those for whom 
some kindly act has been done, forgotten long since by him, but which has, 
and which will keep bis memory green in their hearts while life lasts ; appre- 
ciative words of him as a man of power and ability, as a good citizen, a 
worthy officer, great in public affairs, a genial associate, a true friend. And 
the army of them whom his influence reached, directly and indirectly, by his 
widespread industries, by his counsel, by his willing hand, by his generous 
heart, know only too well that the burden of life is heavier because that 
heart throbs no more, and that voice is stilled forever. 

But we can have our congratulation, too, that such a man has lived 
among us, that such impulses as actuated him have borne their fruit, seen and 
known of all men, here and there ; in the society of the highest in the land 
and among the lowly. And that they were always for purposes kindly, and 
pure, and noble, and as such worthy to be held up for our emulation and for 
our highest regard. 

Councilman Holcombe followed, and said: 

Mr. Mayor: 

It is not my purpose to pronounce an eulogy on the public life or the 
busmess and political character of Marshall Jewell. This has been done and 
will be done by those familiar with these aspects of his character. Nor will 
I attempt to recite his services to his country, his State, and his city. These 



IN JOINT CONVENTION. 1 I 

will be detailed in the story of his life, and will go down to posterity in the 
history of the times. It is of his character and acquaintance that I would 
briefly speak, and do not pass over this quality as being of little importance, 
for it is the index to the whole. 

The truly honest man is he who carries out the spirit as well as the letter 
of his contract, and the truly Christian man is he who carries his charity, his 
kindness, through every day of the week, into every street he passes through, 
and into every house he enters. A pleasant smile, a kind word, a graceful 
compliment, do not cost money, and are not, for that reason, valued as they 
deserve, but they often do more good than money, for many a time do they 
fill a want that can be satisfied in no other way. This is keeping the spirit of 
religion, and the man who does it can be trusted to keep the letter. 

Who ever met Marshall Jewell without feeling the influence of that kindly 
spirit? Who ever exchanged a word with him without catching a glimpse of 
the honest, generous soul within ? The genial smile was but the outward 
illumination of the charity for all which was planted deep in his heart. 

And are not the pleasant manners for which he was noted of any import- 
ance ? I believe that they should be cultivated by all, for our unwritten 
duties to our fellows are far more effective than those which are imposed upon 
us by the letter of the law. 

We have lost a good citizen — ^this we shall remember. We have also lost 
a good friend and acquaintance. I do not use the word lightly but with a 
deep significance, for I hope that this side of his character will long be 
remembered not only for its own sake but for the sake of the heart of which 
it was a sure indicator. 

Coleridge wrote truly when he said: 

He prayeth best who loveth best 

All things both great and small. 
For the good God who loveth us 

He made and loveth all. 

Alderman Pond, the next speaker, said: 



Mr. Mayor: 

While regretting my inability to clothe my thoughts and feelings in the 
scholarly language so well expressed by those who have preceded me, yet I 
will venture to add my tribute to the memory of Marshall Jewell. I, too, 
knew him, both as a friend, neighbor, and ofttime companion, in musical, 
social and political circles, and as such will speak of him. Of an open- 
hearted, free and generous nature, kind and sympathetic, which so radiated 
from his presence that all who came under his influence were warmed and 
sunned by it, he was always ready to respond, by personal service, money, or 
both (and that not grudgingly), to all worthy appeals that were brought to his 
notice. It was a pleasure to be associated with him in any enterprise — 



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whether of a social, philanthropic or business character. He was punctual in 
his attendance at public worship, and his voice could be heard, as he joined 
with evident pleasure, the "great congregation" in the service of song and 
praise. As a neighbor, always kind and obliging ; as a companion, frank, 
genial and free; as a friend, " faithful, trusty and true;" open-hearted and 
generous to a fault ; he will be missed on our streets and in our business 
circles, but by none will he be missed more than by the worthy poor of our 
city, to whom he was always ready to extend a helping hand, as our faithful 
City Missionary will testify. As friends, we mourn his death with sad and 
heavy hearts; as a city we feel that we have met with an irreparable loss, 
which will be felt not only here, but throughout the entire State and nation. 

The resolutions passed, unanimously. 

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